A/HRC/41/2 176. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted the draft resolution by 32 votes to 13, with 2 abstentions (resolution 41/4). Human rights and international solidarity 177. At the 38th meeting, on 11 July 2019, the representative of Cuba introduced draft resolution A/HRC/41/L.3, sponsored by Cuba and co-sponsored by Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Senegal, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and the State of Palestine. Subsequently, Algeria, Bahrain, Botswana, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam joined the sponsors. 178. At the same meeting, the representative of Denmark, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council, made a statement in explanation of vote before the vote. 179. Also at the same meeting, at the request of the representative of Denmark, on behalf of States members of the European Union that are members of the Human Rights Council, a recorded vote was taken on the draft resolution. The voting was as follows: In favour: Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Iraq, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uruguay Against: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Abstaining: Mexico 180. At the same meeting, the Human Rights Council adopted draft resolution by 32 votes to 14, with 1 abstention (resolution 41/5). Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls 181. At the 28th meeting, on 11 July 2019, the representative of Mexico, also on behalf of Colombia, introduced draft resolution A/HRC/41/L.6/Rev.1, sponsored by Colombia and Mexico and co-sponsored by Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Peru, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay. Subsequently, Botswana, El Salvador, Japan, Nepal, Poland, the Republic of Korea and Serbia joined the sponsors. 182. At the same meeting, the representative of Pakistan introduced amendment A/HRC/41/L.37 to draft resolution A/HRC/41/L.6/Rev.1. 38

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